barbarizar
Portuguese, verb/baʁ.ba.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
barbarizar is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese, the 225,105th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbarizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to barbarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar(-se) bárbaro; embrutecer(-se)”.
What does barbarizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to barbarize
- 2
to commit a barbarism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar(-se) bárbaro; embrutecer(-se) 2. ter um ação digna de nota de outras pessoas; abafar 3. transformar em barbarismo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barbarizar
- barbarizo first-person present singular
- barbarizei first-person preterite singular
- barbarizado participle past
- barbarizares infinitive second-person singular
- barbarizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- barbarizardes infinitive plural second-person
- barbarizarem infinitive plural third-person
- barbarizando gerund
- barbarizados masculine participle past
- barbarizada feminine participle past
- barbarizadas feminine participle past
- barbarizas indicative present second-person
- barbariza indicative present singular
- barbarizamos first-person indicative plural
- barbarizais indicative plural present
- barbarizam indicative plural present
- barbarizava first-person imperfect indicative
- barbarizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbarizar?
- Brazil /baʁ.ba.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [baɦ.ba.ɾiˈza(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barbarizar in Portuguese?
barbarizar appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).